Neural processing of stereopsis as a function of viewing distance in primate visual cortical area V1

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2872-2885

  Trotter, Yves ^a   Celebrini, Simona ^a   Stricanne, Brigitte ^a   Thorpe, Simon ^a   Imbert, Michel ^a  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; GAZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029981129     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.2872     Document Type: Article

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